Trump reverses threat to shut down US govt

WASHINGTON, D.C.: President Donald Trump abandoned a threat to shut down the US government on Friday (Saturday in Manila), signing off on a budget despite being “unhappy” with many of its provisions—and warning he won’t back anything similar ever again.

He later tweeted his desire to have a “line-item veto” over future bills that would allow him to remove parts he disagrees with—a measure that would alter the balance of the government and was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1998.